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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Philadelphia 76ers

March 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the 76ers 115-101 on 2026-03-09 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The 76ers started Kelly Oubre Jr., Cameron Payne, Quentin Grimes, Dominick Barlow, and Adem Bona. Quentin Grimes (76ers) scored 13 points (4/15) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 5 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Justin Edwards as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	31:10	17	3	6	2	0	0	1	4-11	0-2	9-9	+10
James Harden GS	29:08	21	5	5	0	1	2	1	6-11	3-8	6-6	+16
Evan Mobley GS	28:07	15	8	1	0	3	1	2	7-12	0-2	1-1	+9
Sam Merrill GS	20:35	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-5	0-0	+5
Dean Wade GS	20:13	13	10	2	0	1	0	3	5-9	3-6	0-0	+16
Keon Ellis	25:35	19	2	0	1	0	0	3	5-9	4-7	5-7	+25
Dennis Schröder	21:43	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	1-2	0-1	2-2	+5
Jaylon Tyson	20:37	11	1	2	0	1	0	1	4-11	3-6	0-0	+10
Craig Porter Jr.	14:58	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Thomas Bryant	12:34	8	5	1	0	1	0	1	3-9	2-5	0-0	+6
Riley Minix	3:50	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	3:50	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Larry Nance Jr.	3:50	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Tristan Enaruna	3:50	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-8
Totals		115	41	28	4	8	9	16	38-84	16-44	23-25

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Quentin Grimes GS	36:05	17	5	3	0	0	1	1	6-13	2-8	3-3	-21
Cameron Payne GS	27:35	12	6	4	0	0	0	2	4-12	2-7	2-2	-14
Adem Bona GS	26:04	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	4-10	0-0	0-0	-13
Dominick Barlow GS	19:35	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	4-7	0-1	0-2	-10
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS	13:53	6	2	1	0	0	0	3	1-6	0-3	4-5	-8
Justin Edwards	28:14	14	2	3	2	0	1	4	5-6	3-4	1-1	-2
Trendon Watford	20:06	6	5	2	1	1	4	3	3-8	0-3	0-0	-5
Dalen Terry	19:09	9	3	4	1	1	1	1	4-7	1-4	0-1	+3
Tyrese Martin	17:11	4	2	1	1	1	3	0	2-6	0-3	0-2	-3
Andre Drummond	15:22	4	7	2	0	0	1	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	-5
Jabari Walker	12:11	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+5
MarJon Beauchamp	4:35	8	0	0	1	0	1	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	+3
Totals		101	42	20	7	4	14	21	39-85	11-38	12-18

Did not play: Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 10.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 6.3 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 6.1 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 4.4 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 3.9 min

PHI

Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kelly Oubre Jr. · Cameron Payne · Quentin Grimes · Dominick Barlow · Adem Bona Starter 12.0 min
Cameron Payne · Quentin Grimes · Trendon Watford · Adem Bona · Justin Edwards 8.2 min
Andre Drummond · Jabari Walker · Dalen Terry · Tyrese Martin · Justin Edwards 5.4 min
Cameron Payne · Quentin Grimes · Trendon Watford · Dominick Barlow · Adem Bona 4.9 min
MarJon Beauchamp · Jabari Walker · Dalen Terry · Tyrese Martin · Justin Edwards 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Quentin Grimes 13 pts (4/15) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (26 %, 8 pts) · Keon Ellis (26 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (11 %, 0 pts)
Cameron Payne 9 pts (2/6) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (29 %, 0 pts) · Dennis Schröder (18 %, 0 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Dalen Terry: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Evan Mobley	Adem Bona: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Andre Drummond: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
James Harden	Quentin Grimes: 19 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Trendon Watford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis	Quentin Grimes: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Justin Edwards: 8 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson	Trendon Watford: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dalen Terry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dennis Schröder	Cameron Payne: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Justin Edwards: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dean Wade	Dominick Barlow: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Adem Bona: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Merrill	Cameron Payne: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quentin Grimes: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Justin Edwards: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Payne: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Andre Drummond: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Adem Bona: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan Enaruna	Dalen Terry: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Martin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Riley Minix	Justin Edwards: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · MarJon Beauchamp: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Dalen Terry: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · MarJon Beauchamp: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Larry Nance Jr.	Jabari Walker: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Justin Edwards: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

76ers defense

Donovan Mitchell 5 pts (2/9) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Justin Edwards (25 %, 3 pts) · Kelly Oubre Jr. (19 %, 2 pts) · Dalen Terry (12 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 8 pts (3/6) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Quentin Grimes (19 %, 6 pts) · Cameron Payne (19 %, 0 pts) · Dominick Barlow (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Quentin Grimes	Keon Ellis: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dean Wade: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Justin Edwards	Donovan Mitchell: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cameron Payne	Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Adem Bona	Evan Mobley: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Dean Wade: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalen Terry	Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dennis Schröder: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trendon Watford	Jaylon Tyson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Martin	Dennis Schröder: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dominick Barlow	James Harden: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dean Wade: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Andre Drummond	Thomas Bryant: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jabari Walker	Larry Nance Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Craig Porter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dean Wade: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
MarJon Beauchamp	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donovan Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)